Politics
League of Nations
The international organisation based in Geneva, set up after the First World War to keep the peace. Active from 1920, it failed to stop the aggressions of the 1930s and gave way to the United Nations in 1946.
The League's Covenant formed the first part of the Treaty of Versailles and came into force on 10 January 1920. Poland was a founding member, and the League was responsible among other things for the Free City of Danzig. Its sponsor, President Woodrow Wilson, failed to win over the Senate, and the United States never joined.
The League could condemn and impose sanctions but had no force of its own. Japan left in 1933 after invading Manchuria, Germany the same year, and Italy in 1937, after ineffective sanctions over its invasion of Ethiopia. The USSR, admitted in 1934, was expelled in December 1939 for attacking Finland. The League was formally dissolved in April 1946 and its tasks passed to the United Nations.
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1919
1920
1921
1923
1926
1928
1931
1932
- 7 JanuaryThe Stimson Doctrine
- 28 JanuaryThe Shanghai incident
- 27 FebruaryThe end of the fighting in Manchuria
- 1 MarchThe proclamation of Manchukuo
- 4 MayThe Soviet–Estonian non-aggression pact
- 25 JulyThe Polish–Soviet non-aggression pact
- 8 NovemberRoosevelt wins the presidential election
- 3 DecemberSchleicher becomes chancellor
1933
- 1 JanuaryThe defence of the Great Wall begins
- 1 JanuaryThe defence of the Great Wall
- 30 JanuaryHitler becomes chancellor
- 23 MarchThe Enabling Act
- 27 MarchJapan leaves the League of Nations
- 15 MayThe founding of the Luftwaffe
- 31 MayThe Tanggu Truce
- 21 JuneThe banning of parties in Germany
- 14 JulyThe NSDAP becomes the only party
- 2 SeptemberThe Italo-Soviet pact of friendship
- 19 OctoberGermany leaves the League of Nations
- 16 NovemberThe US recognises the USSR
1934
- 26 JanuaryThe German–Polish declaration of non-aggression
- 9 FebruaryThe Balkan Pact
- 5 MayThe extension of the Polish–Soviet non-aggression pact
- 2 AugustHitler becomes Führer
- 18 SeptemberThe USSR joins the League of Nations
- 9 OctoberThe Marseille assassination
- 1 DecemberThe murder of Kirov
- 5 DecemberThe Walwal incident
- 29 DecemberJapan renounces the naval treaties
1935
1936
1937
1939
- 21 MarchGerman demands on Poland
- 25 MarchThe Italian ultimatum to Albania
- 7 AprilItaly invades Albania
- 7 AprilThe Italian invasion of Albania
- 14 AprilRoosevelt's appeal to Hitler and Mussolini
- 17 AprilThe Soviet proposal of an alliance with Britain and France
- 28 AprilHitler renounces the naval agreement and the declaration with Poland
- 9 MaySpain leaves the League of Nations
- 17 MayThe Scandinavian countries reject pacts with Germany
- 22 MayThe Pact of Steel
- 7 JuneGermany's non-aggression pacts with Estonia and Latvia
- 10 JulyChamberlain on Danzig
- 23 AugustThe Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact
- 25 AugustThe Anglo-Polish alliance
- 1 SeptemberThe defence of Westerplatte begins
- 1 SeptemberGermany annexes the Free City of Danzig
- 1 SeptemberThe defence of the Polish Post Office in Gdańsk
- 1 SeptemberItaly and the neutral states
- 1 SeptemberRoosevelt’s appeal to spare civilians
- 1 SeptemberBattle of Westerplatte
- 3 SeptemberIndia, Australia, New Zealand and Newfoundland at war
- 4 SeptemberMore countries declare neutrality
- 5 SeptemberIraq, Egypt and Saudi Arabia break off relations with Germany
- 6 SeptemberSouth Africa declares war on Germany
- 12 OctoberSoviet demands on Finland
- 13 NovemberFinnish–Soviet talks break down
- 26 NovemberThe shelling of Mainila
- 26 NovemberGermany hands Polish land to Slovakia
- 30 NovemberThe Soviet Union invades Finland
- 30 NovemberWinter War
- 7 DecemberScandinavia, Italy and the Winter War
- 14 DecemberThe USSR expelled from the League of Nations
1940
- 7 JanuaryThe destruction of Soviet divisions on the Raate road
- 7 JanuaryTimoshenko takes command in Finland
- 1 FebruaryBreaking of the Mannerheim Line
- 5 FebruaryThe Allies plan an intervention in Scandinavia
- 14 FebruaryVolunteers for Finland
- 26 JuneThe Soviet ultimatum to Romania
- 22 JulyThe second Konoe cabinet
- 3 AugustThe USSR annexes the Baltic states
- 27 AugustThe Free French take over Cameroon
- 27 SeptemberThe Tripartite Pact
- 14 NovemberThe Greek counter-offensive
- 22 NovemberThe Greeks take Korçë
- 8 DecemberThe Greeks take Gjirokastër
1941
1942
1943
1944
- 31 JanuaryThe landing on Kwajalein
- 31 JanuaryFighting for the Marshall Islands
- 18 FebruaryOperation Hailstone – the raid on Truk
- 12 JuneStrikes on the Marianas
- 15 JuneBattle of Saipan
- 21 AugustThe Dumbarton Oaks Conference
- 21 SeptemberThe second phase of the Dumbarton Oaks Conference
- 23 SeptemberThe occupation of Ulithi